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I wouldвЂ™ve felt it unfair if Spike stayed alive when Vicious was dead. Going by Jupiter Jazz, in a way Spike is to Vicious what Vicious was for Gren. IвЂ™ve always found Vicious and Spike fascinating because while thereвЂ™s not much we know about Vicious or their past together, thereвЂ™s still this powerful bond between them, which is, on one hand, the usual вЂњdestinyвЂќ and вЂњdark sideвЂќ stuff, but on the other hand something more profound and complicated. Even if Spike didnвЂ™t go to him in the last episode Vicious wouldвЂ™ve continued to haunt him, until either of them were deadвЂ¦ but then, Spike didnвЂ™t even think of not confronting him. Spike couldnвЂ™t have avoided confronting him, and he didnвЂ™t even try at any point in the show. Ultimately it hasnвЂ™t got a lot to do with Julia (to be honest, I donвЂ™t think it was ever really about Julia), itвЂ™s ViciousвЂ™ own drive and hatred, something Spike also shares. I think she wouldвЂ™ve been much, much happier to find a place she really belonged to, someone who was really waiting for her with open arms.ДЄnyway, setting all symbolism and philosophy aside, ViciousвЂ™ raison dвЂ™etre is to kill Spike. I donвЂ™t think Faye regarded the Bebop her true homeвЂ¦ She went back there because there was nowhere else she could go.

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Afterall, he wouldвЂ™ve lived otherwise, look at how much physical damage he withstands throughout the rest of the series and turns out fine after chilling on the couch covered in bandages. Once this was completed, SpikeвЂ™s driving force was completely gone, he had no more reason to live and his mind allows his body to die from his wounds. Especially with Julia dead, and his past all catching up to him again, he had nothing left to hope for but to cut off ViciousвЂ™ coup and prevent the Syndicate from becoming even more dangerous, partially through SpikeвЂ™s own actions in history. SpikeвЂ™s ending is the best way, because like others are saying, he wasnвЂ™t truly alive anymore. What youвЂ™re left with is a myriad of thoughts, feelings, and memories and you have to find value in it all for yourself. ItвЂ™s the same with Bebop, itвЂ™s just a collection of stories that all lead up toвЂ¦ nothing, really. Life, in reality, seems pointless or as if itвЂ™s just all happening randomly with no valuable conclusion in the end. (Bohemian Rhapsody in particular.) For me, it works in a much deeper sense than traditional story-telling because I can relate to it a lot more. In the narrative between episodes, teasing the audience for the next episode, they often allude to it all being pointless and a waste of time. In other words, can you put the past behind you and move on? ItвЂ™s what director ShinichirЕЌ Watanabe is trying to explain during Cowboy BebopвЂs ending by signing off with the tag-line that reads вЂњYouвЂ™re gonna carry that weight.вЂќ How a person deals with that allure or attachment to things long since passed is telling of a personвЂ™s potential to thrive in the future. She knows how futile and stupid SpikeвЂ™s reasons are for leaving, but also knows that sheвЂ™s powerless to stop him from going (repeatedly firing her gun into the air is a symbol of that frustration and impotence.) Absolutely no-one can stop Spike at this point from being drawn back just as she found herself running down that old road in search of the truth, the allure of the past by now is just too strong for him to resist. Eventually, her dream is shattered, but as sad as that is, her life is, from that point onwards, all about moving forwards and facing reality.ДЇreed from the same invisible threads that so bind Spike, her realisation comes too late in the day to save him from his inevitable fate, but thinking about her life from that point onwards, one can at least rest assured that her eyes are finally open. SheвЂ™s able to ignore reality right up until the Cowboy Bebop ending because sheвЂ™s clinging to the dream that someone, somewhere, is waiting for her, with a warm home and arms wide open.

Having lost much of her memory to amnesia, she spends basically the whole series piecing together elements of her childhood, her old friends, her family her old life, basically. No matter how many times itвЂ™s replayed, there will always be that choice hanging over Spike in the end, but then, isnвЂ™t that why Cowboy BebopвЂs still so fascinating? Consider Faye Valentine. What is the Cowboy Bebop ending trying to say? It feels like such a waste! Spike doesnвЂ™t have to face Vicious, he could just stay with Faye and Jet, leave Mars and fly away, but he doesnвЂ™t.

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